In
September 2011,
Highways Department commissioned a feasibility study on the
pedestrian environment improvement scheme in
Yuen Long Town including an elevated pedestrian
corridor connecting West Rail Long Ping Station
along the Yuen Long Nullah.

The
proposed improvement
scheme was presented to the public and local
communities in Yuen Long in April 2013. Public
forum and roving exhibitions were held in the
same month and the public expressed support to the proposed footbridge.